Surah Qaf, ayah 16
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.
Qaf · 50:16
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
- وَنَعْلَمُwanaʿlamuand We know
- مَاmāwhat
- تُوَسْوِسُtuwaswisuwhispers
- بِهِۦbihito him
- نَفْسُهُۥ ۖnafsuhuhis soul
- وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand We
- أَقْرَبُaqrabu(are) nearer
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- مِنْminthan
- حَبْلِḥabli(his) jugular vein
- ٱلْوَرِيدِl-warīdi(his) jugular vein
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